No Kemp, no Amare, not Jordan swinging on Ewing’s head, no Kemp, and NO KEMP. All very nice, but no way top 10. No Magic to Byron Scott or Coop-a-loop? Come on now.

By: Trey Bing Bay

08.31.2011 @ 4:27 PM

The earliest one looked like Kobe to Shaq over the trailblazers which was what? 2000 or 2001? So yeah top 10 alley oops of the last 10 years.

By: heckler

08.31.2011 @ 5:10 PM

i gotta agree with the masses on this one.
nice dunks; all of em.

but def NOT a top-10 for NBA history.
who put this list together? Dime is even more foolish posting it or for at least not changing the subject heading.

and for most of us on this board (and I take it upon myself to speak on behalf of all of us) the alley-oop was RE-DEFINED by Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp!

they alley-oop has been around loooooong before them; and will be around looooong after them. but lets give just credit where credit is due. Stockton/Malone redefined the pink-n-roll ….and dammit Glove and Reign Man REDEFINED how alley-oops are done!

throwing the lead pass from half court. didnt matter if 1 (or even 2 defenders were back). GP lobbing it with either hand.
Kemp finishing with finess or power or BOTH. open court or over a defender….or over a frontline.

they also changed how crowds reacted the the alley-oop. pre payton-kemp, the most exciting play (to a fan), was the behind-the-back-no-look-pass (still sexy to me tho).
but once payton-to-kemp became a nightly air show, it changed the way fans viewed the excitement within that play.

cant..Cant…CANT…CANNNOT I SAY…..have a top 10 alltime history alley-oop list without gary payton-to-shawn kemp.

thats just an epic fail.

By: hahns

08.31.2011 @ 5:30 PM

i actually dont see what was so great about vince’s…i think that shoulda been number 10

By: Chicagorilla

08.31.2011 @ 5:44 PM

Weak as hell.

Kobe to Shaq, Shaw to Kobe, AI to Iggy, Brewer to Rose, and the Blake Griffin one should not be on this list.

Payton to Kemp where Kemp swings around the rim and like scrapes his back on the backboard

Clyde Drexler had one in the 92 finals that was sick.

Isiah’s bounce pass alley oop was def top 10 even though the finish was weak

The Wade to Lebron was cool and should be top 10, but def not #1.

As someone also pointed out, the Marbury alley oop where his head is at the rim should be on here

By: iCARNACKi

08.31.2011 @ 5:47 PM

LOL Top 10 All Time… SMFH.

A couple that spring to mind for me are:

98 All Star Game; Garnett to Kobe on the break.

LA Clippers during the Maggette, Miles, Richardson era. I seem to remember an ill half court lob pass, caught in mid air and then thrown from mid air for an oop.

Or did I imagine that last one?

The JR Smith one is RIDICULOUS… in that list it should have EASILY been #1.

By: Chicagorilla

08.31.2011 @ 5:53 PM

@hahns

you going too far now. The Vince Carter Alley oops was def a top 10 all time.

Dee Brown threw the oop like 5ft short of the basket! Vince caught it, paused in the air, turned his body in mid-air, then spiked it thru the rim. That dunk is without a doubt top 5 worthy.

although, I remember Vince having a windmill Alley-oop (like the one he did at Gauchos gym) while playing for the Raptors in a exhibition game at UNC. Charles Oakley threw the oop if i remember correctly.

Nice compilation of oops. Not even close to the top 10 of all time.
I mean, come on. What was the earliest one? That Kobe to Shaq? Even as a Lakers fan, I realize the moment ws bigger than the actual oop.

That was actually a much WORSE top 10. you should slap yourself for that one lol

@lakers

I forgot about that Lamar Odom to DMiles oop. That shit is top 3 all time easy.

By: marcus the great

08.31.2011 @ 10:08 PM

sorry to beat a dead horse, but…

payton to kemp needs to be somewhere in there.
blake griffin’s wasnt even his best oop of this season.
kobe to shaq was more of the exclamation point of their comeback.

jr smith prolly had the best one on the list.

i dont think i’ve seen the marbury one.
the clippers one was sick! kid just tossed it up behind his head, in mid air.

and i like my oops to be finished with a dunk. the wade to ‘bron was one of the best plays i’ve ever seen, but almost any oop that finishes with a dunk is better, in my opinion

By: Head

08.31.2011 @ 10:10 PM

You wouldn’t be proud of most of those on 2k11… The Odom to Miles one however would be an all angles, half hour, replay-a-thon.

Eric’s list was way better. Payton to Kemp and Jordan oops need to be on there and no open court efforts. All no look passes in traffic for degree of difficulty.

By: marcus the great

08.31.2011 @ 10:15 PM

and kobe’s was only nice bcuz he adjusted to an off pass. other than that, not so great. so scratch that one too

derrick rose… meh

By: JAY

09.01.2011 @ 8:06 AM

Do self alley oops count?
If so, Raptor Vince vs the Bucks when he drove on the right side, threw it up against the backboard and put english on the ball so that it will come off the board on the left side, he went up immediately after he landed and threw it down.
I argue with my friends all the time about that one though… some say it was a missed layup, others say it was a self-loop. I share the opinion that he tossed it up with english on purpose so that he could go get it. There ain’t NO nba player who will put THAT much english on the ball for a layup.

So the point is that its tough to hash out a truly top 10 NBA all-time alley-oop dunks list cause there are so many players that have done it in a remarkable fashion.
Lets just say so many have caught a basketball in mid-air and dunked it in a hoop, but some have done this in an awe-inspiring way and just enjoy the show.

By: JDish

09.01.2011 @ 11:17 AM

Oh and by the way, Nate Robinson has to be in there somewhere man. The guy is like 5’11” and can still rise up, catch and … SLAM. Awesome. Check it out.

Vince carter has several from the early part of the 2000’s that should be on here. I concur, if peyton to kemp isnt on here, this list is a sham! Half of the list is from this past season. Get someone who has been watching the game for the past 25 years at least before making a list like this.